Editorials, columns and letters to the editor from our readers.
Editor:
How does Morinville’s residential municipal tax rate compare? How competitive are we in the region? (All the data that follows comes from Alberta Municipal Affairs)… […]
I started to talk about the penny a couple weeks ago, but I got side tracked thinking about all the other stuff they stopped making. With them starting to collect in all the pennies starting Monday, I’m wondering if it was the right decision… […]
If you missed Premier Alison Redford’s conversation with Albertans Thursday night, it is probably because you were getting ready to watch the Oilers game. Judging by commentary among acquaintances on Facebook Thursday night, Yakupov’s game-saving goal that drove the Oilers into overtime was of far greater importance than the current state of the province or what that might mean to funding programs or raising taxes down the road. Not sure why that whole turning our backs on the hockey… […]
By Lara Thompson, Personal Trainer and Owner of Pure Physique
Question: Only a month has passed since I made my New Year’s Resolution and I’ve already missed workouts and slipped on my diet. Why is it so hard to keep to my diet and exercise resolutions… […]
By Tristan Turner
It appears the lines between the government and civil service have been blurring since the Tories took office in 2006, but now we have truly reached the apex of the Tories politicization of bureaucracy… […]
By CPO Sergeant James Alaeddine
The winter freeze has turned many sidewalks and roadways into skating rinks, making it difficult and dangerous to get around town. At times, I have witnessed pedestrians walking on the road to avoid the slippery walkways. All persons within the Town that own, control or occupy property that adjoins any sidewalks shall remove (or cause to be… […]
Editor:
In recent days, the Idle No More movement has gained considerable attention. The movement generates a lot of emotion, no matter which side of the highway you stand on. Sometimes facts get lost in the face of emotion… […]
I saw in the online edition last week that our fire chief was down in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Barrett Jackson car auction looking at the Batmobile. It got me thinking about that old show, that old car and other old television and movie cars… […]
By Lucie Roy
Jake’s Gift is the story of a Second World War veteran on his return to Normandy on the 60th anniversary of D-Day. The story tells of how Jake came home and joined a Legion. Many of the young men who were in the war and fortunate to come home joined a Legion… […]
Last weeks Morinville News web poll ended Sunday night and revealed what those who took the poll would like to see at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre… […]
As Morinville enters 2013 with an approved budget, we do so believing we are in a relatively strong good financial position. We appear to have some operational reserves intact and are confident of the proposed grant funding Morinville’s Administration is projecting to receive from the Federal and Provincial levels of Governments. This is clearly identified in a document called “Responses and Clarification… […]
By David Schaefer
Corporate Operations would like to remind everyone that a new Traffic Safety Bylaw is scheduled for third and final Reading January 22nd 2013. Some of the major changes include… […]
So the Oscar nominees were announced last Thursday and it got me thinking about how much I like movies and how much I hate the Oscars, except for my brother Oscar whom I watch the Oscars with… […]
Newton’s laws of motion state the relationship between the forces acting on an object and its motion in relationship to those forces. In short: An object in motion stays in motion. An object at rest stays at rest.
These laws are certainly true with respect to Morinville Town Council. Those members of Council who took their mandate seriously will stay… […]
The new year is here, and already great things are happening in our town. Your Community Services team is working to bring you quality recreation and cultural activities in 2013. Registration has begun for winter programs for all ages – see what’s available … […]
Twelve seniors walk into an open house and tell a handful of consultants that what the region really needs are cribbage halls in every community.
Consultants, wanting desperately to write something on those big easels they like to cart around with them everywhere, write down the input and take it back to the municipalities in Sturgeon County… […]
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